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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2011
Filed:
Nov. 30, 2007
Yogendra Y. Sheoran, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Z. Daniel Judd, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Morris G. Anderson, Mesa, AZ (US);
Robert S. Murray, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Yogendra Y. Sheoran, Scottsdale, AZ (US);
Z. Daniel Judd, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Morris G. Anderson, Mesa, AZ (US);
Robert S. Murray, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Honeywell International Inc., Morristown, NJ (US);
Abstract
An inertial inlet particle separator system for a vehicle engine includes an inertial inlet particle separator and an adjustment mechanism. The separator includes a fluid inlet coupled to a scavenge channel and to a clean channel such that a first amount of fluid passing through the fluid inlet enters the scavenge channel and a second amount of fluid passing through the fluid inlet enters the clean channel. The scavenge channel is defined by a first wall and a splitter, and the clean channel is defined by a second wall and the splitter. The splitter and the second wall are stationary with respect to each other. The adjustment mechanism is coupled to the inertial inlet particle separator and configured to adjust a size of the scavenge channel. Although not necessarily, the adjustment mechanism may also be coupled to the scavenge fan speed.